Re: inserting into db from hidden field

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 16:44:16 +0200, "awebb" <andywebb25 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

I'm trying to insert a date/time value into my db by using a hidden field.
This is the current code:

?php $time=gmdate("Y/m/d H:i:s"); ?
td colspan="3" align="center"><input type="hidden" name="booktime"
value="$time"></td

But it won't produce a result in the db.

I'm curious why you are using an entire table cell for a hidden field,
but that's another question. ;-)

The following line is not inside a PHP code block:
<input type="hidden" name="booktime" value="$time">

What that means is that "$time" is not evaluated and replaced before
the form is sent to the browser. If you look at the source code of
your form page, you'll see it's just the string "$time". Try it this
way:

<input type="hidden" name="booktime" value="<?=$time;?>">


Gary